History Creator / BrunoGanz

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* FakeNationality:[[invoked]] He has played more German characters than anything else due to often being cast in German productions, and he hailed from Switzerland.

* ''Film/{{Downfall}}'' (2004) as Adolf Hitler

One of the most prominent and revered figures in German-language film, theatre and television for about fifty years (in Germany, Austria and Switzerland alike), Ganz received much critical acclaim and awards over his forty-year career, and worked with such renowned filmmakers as Creator/WimWenders, Creator/WernerHerzog, Creator/EricRohmer, Théo Angelopoulos, Creator/FrancisFordCoppola and Creator/RidleyScott, to name a few.

He was one of the most prominent and revered figures in German language film, theatre and television for about fifty years (in Germany, Austria and Switzerland alike). He has received much critical acclaim and awards since the seventies, and has worked with renowned filmmakers such as Creator/WimWenders, Creator/WernerHerzog, Creator/EricRohmer, Théo Angelopoulos, Creator/FrancisFordCoppola and Creator/RidleyScott, to name a few.

Bruno Ganz (March 22, 1941 - February 16, 2019) was a UsefulNotes/{{Swi|tzerland}}ss actor born in Zurich.

He was one of the most prominent and revered figures in German language film, theatre and television for about fifty years. He has received much critical acclaim and awards since the seventies, and has worked with renowned filmmakers such as Creator/WimWenders, Creator/WernerHerzog, Creator/EricRohmer, Théo Angelopoulos, Creator/FrancisFordCoppola and Creator/RidleyScott, to name a few.

Bruno Ganz (March 22, 1941 - February 16, 2019) was a UsefulNotes/{{Swi|tzerland}}ss actor from Zurich.

He was one of the most prominent figures in German language film, theatre and television for about fifty years. He has received much critical acclaim and awards since the seventies, and has worked with renowned filmmakers such as Creator/WimWenders, Creator/WernerHerzog, Creator/EricRohmer, Théo Angelopoulos, Creator/FrancisFordCoppola and Creator/RidleyScott, to name a few.

He had a great enough range as an actor to play both an angel (in ''Wings of Desire'') and UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler in ''Downfall'' (''Der Untergang''). The latter role was perhaps how he was best known to most contemporary audiences, and especially since his epic [[VillainousBreakdown mental breakdowns]] in that film spawned the hugely {{memetic|mutation}} ''WebVideo/HitlerRants'' GagSub videos.

He had a great enough range as an actor to play both an angel (in ''Wings of Desire'') and UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler in ''Downfall'' (''Der Untergang''). The latter role was perhaps how he was best known to most contemporary audiences, and especially since his epic mental breakdowns in that film spawned the hugely {{memetic|mutation}} ''WebVideo/HitlerRants'' GagSub videos.

He had a great enough range as an actor to play both an angel (in ''Wings of Desire'') and UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler in ''Downfall'' (''Der Untergang''). The latter role was perhaps how he was best known to most contemporary audiences, and especially since his epic mental breakdowns in that film spawned the hugely {{memetic|mutation}} WebVideo/HitlerRants GagSub videos.

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* ''[[Film/{{Nosferatu}} Nosferatu the Vampyre]]'' (1979) as Jonathan Harker

He had a great enough range as an actor to play both an angel (in ''Wings of Desire'') and UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler in ''Downfall'' (''Der Untergang''). The latter role was perhaps how he was best known to most contemporary audiences, and especially since his epic [[VillainousBreakdown breakdowns]] in that film spawned the hugely {{memetic|mutation}} WebVideo/HitlerRants GagSub videos.

He had a great enough range as an actor to play both an angel (in ''Wings of Desire'') and UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler. The latter role in ''Film/{{Downfall}}'' (''Der Untergang'') was perhaps how he was best known to most contemporary audiences, and especially since his epic [[VillainousBreakdown breakdowns]] in that film spawned the hugely {{memetic|mutation}} ''WebVideo/HitlerRants'' GagSub videos.

* ''Film/AHiddenLife'' (2019) as Judge Lueben [[note]]His final film to be released, but not the last one he played in. This one was on TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment since 2016.[[/note]]

Bruno Ganz (March 22, 1941 - February 15, 2019) was a UsefulNotes/{{Swi|tzerland}}ss actor from Zurich.

* FakeNationality:[[invoked]] He has played more German characters than anything else (due to often being cast in German productions), and he hailed from Switzerland.

* ''Film/AHiddenLife'' (2019) as Judge Lueben [[note]]His last film to be released, but not the last one he played in. This one was on TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment since 2016.[[/note]]

* ''Film/AHiddenLife'' (2019) as Judge Lueben [[note]]His last film to be released, though not not the last one he played in. This one was on TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment since 2016.[[/note]]

* ''Film/TheHouseThatJackBuilt'' (2018) as Verge[[note]]The last film he played in.[[/note]]
* ''Film/AHiddenLife'' (2019) as Judge Lueben[[note]]His last film to be released, though not not the last one he played in. This one was on TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment since 2016.[[/note]]

* ''Film/TheHouseThatJackBuilt'' (2018) as Verge [[note]]The last film he played in.[[/note]]
* ''Film/AHiddenLife'' (2019) as Judge Lueben [[note]]His last film to be released, though not not the last one he made. This one was on TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment since 2016.[[/note]]

* ''Film/TheHouseThatJackBuilt'' (2018) as Verge
* ''Film/AHiddenLife'' (2019) as Judge Lueben

He had sufficient range as an actor to play both an angel (in ''Wings of Desire'') and UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler. The latter role in ''Film/{{Downfall}}'' (''Der Untergang'') was perhaps how he was best known to most contemporary audiences, and especially since his epic [[VillainousBreakdown breakdowns]] in that film spawned the hugely {{memetic|mutation}} ''WebVideo/HitlerRants'' GagSub videos.